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See what happens when a tweet goes viral?

All the gossipy, vicious Nazi fun goes out of the world when someone sues for defamation. This, from John Ross’s Volokh Report’s summaries of federal cases: Twitter flips out after woman at rally for then-candidate Donald Trump sieg heils in … Continue reading

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Fact or Truth, Truth or Fact

Because I’ve been writing a book, How I Learned The Facts Of Life, I’ve been drawn into an internal debate over “fact” and “truth,” probing the meaning and proper application of each. Is “truth” the equivalent of “fact”? Dictionary definitions … Continue reading

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Let’s all learn the facts of life

From today’s New York Times, two solid comments to the story covering the Congressional hearing with the heads of our intelligence agencies, who mentioned that Russia is now plotting to disrupt the 2018 election by trolling and botting and who … Continue reading

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